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LUMB?ET0N. NORTH CAEOLINA, jlONDAY. APRIL 19. 1S20.
NUMBER 20
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SONORA FORCES PROGRESSING.!
Carranza Forces Defeated and Pris
oner, Arms and Horses Captured
by Insurgents.
A dispatch of the 18th from Agua
Prieta, Sonora gives the following:
Despite resistance from Carranza
soldiers, General Angel Flores, Sono
ra commander, has, progressed at the
rate of JU miles a day, according to
a message received here by Francisco
Elias, a leader in theiSonora revolu
tionary movement.
After defeating Carranza forces
yesterday 30 kilometres south of
Guanuchil, Sonora, killing twelve sol
diers, capturing six wounded and thir
ty unwounded prisoners, General
Flores was quoted as having found a
locomotive, nine cars, "plenty of
arms" and some horses. The prison
ers were said to include six officers.
More than one thousand troops,
principally Yaqui Indians, have as
sembled in Agua Prieta. Five hun
dred morP are at Naco, a few miles
south of here, and one thousand more
en route. The troops at Naco are re
ported to have thirty Browning ma
chine guns.
The state of Nayarit, Mexico, has
endorsed the steps taken by Sonora
against the Carranza government, ac
cording to a message received last
night from General P. Elias Calles,
commander-in-chief of the Sonora
forces and acting governor.
Governor Rubio in Flight.
Mexico City, April 18. A revolt in
the State of M'choacan, engineered
by General Pasqual Ortis Rubio, gov
ernor of the State, and a strong sup
porter of Lieutenant Colonel Alvaro
Obregon, is announced in the govern
ment's second war bulletin, issued
early today. Governor Riihlo, the
bulletin states, has fled from More
lia, the State capital, with 100 men.
FILE NOTICE OF CANDIDACY.
Candidates for County Offices Should
File Notices at Once Board of
Elections Organizes.
The county board of elections met
in the court house here Saturday and
qualified and organized by electing
Mr. Frank Gough of Lumberton chair
man. Mr. E. JFisher, Fairmont, sec
retary. The other member of the
board is Mr. J. C. Snoddy of Red
Springs. Mr W. S. Britt of Lum
berton and Mr. L. M. Oliver of Ma
rietta, who wer,, first appointed mem
bers of the board, declined to serve,
and Messrs. Gough and Fisher were
appointed in their stead.
Candidates for any county officoj
should file notice of candidacy at.
once. Upon application, Chairman
Gough will furnish proper blanks.
Each candidate at the time of filing
notice shall pay to the county chair
man the sum of $5, pxcept candidates
for surveyor, coroner, and county
commissioners, who shall pay the"
sum of one dollar.
MR. HUBBARD A CANDIDATE.
Name of One Candidate for Alderman
Inadvertently Omitted From News
Item.
Correspondence of The Robesonlan.
Fairmont, April 16. In the dis
patch from Fairmont punished in
Thursday's Rohesonian the name of
Mr. W. N. Hubbard was inadvertent
ly omitted from the list of candidates
for alderman. This makes six can
didates for this office. Mr Hubbard
is a member of the present board and
is a candidate for reelection.
The town primary will be held
April 27.
Sheriff Killed in Fight Between Ne
groes and Officers.
Winston-Salem dispatch, April 18.
Ex-Sheriff Lee Joyce was killed,
Jim Matthews, special deputy, was
shot through the neck, probably fa
tally wounded, and three negroes were
killed in a fight between officers and
ngroes at Walnut Cove, fifteen miles
from this city, late this evening. Ac
cording to reports received here, the
officers attempted to break up a card
game said to have been in progress
in a restaurant operated by Nick
Hairston, a negro. When the officers
entered the restaurant the negroes,
according to the report received here
by the police," began shooting. Ex
Sheriff Joyce is said to have been kill
er immediately, and in addition to the
neck wound Matthews was badly
beaten.
New Government Announced in Gua
temala. Estrada Cabrera, president of Gua
temala for 22 years, capitulated to
the revolutionary forces of Carlos
Herrera Friday night after the latter
had enveloped his stronghold La Pal
ma, states a" dispatch of the 17th'
from Guatemala City. The new gov
ernment was announced Saturday with
Carlos Herrera as president and all
the new ministers are prominent men.
New Orleans retains her position as
first city in the South, and, perhaps,
as fifteenth in the nation, in point of
population, according to the census
figures, issued Saturday, which give
the Louisiana capital 387,408, an in
crease of 48.333r or 14.3 per cent, over
the 1910 census figures.
Mrs. Louis S. Zanto of Richmond,
Va., and Miss Mary Daniel of Char
lotte Court House, Va., arrived Fri
day evenmg and are guests at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. H. M. McAJlis-
ter. Chestnut and Seventh streets.
. Mr. Robt. Turner of R.! 4, Lumber-
ton, is in town today. .
SHOT AND KILLED IN CHURCH.
Crazy Man Shot and Killed On, of
The Collectors in a Fashionable
New York Church Sunday.
Dr. James Markoe, a well known
surgeon, was shot and killed Sunday
while taking up the offering at the
morning service in the fashionable
St. v George's N Protestant Episcopal
church, 15th street and Stuyvesant
place, in the old aristocratic district
i of New York, states a dispatch of the
18th from that city.
His assailant was captured after a
short chase by a group of parishion
ers. The prisoner gavejhis name first
as Thomas W. Shelley and later as
Thomas W. Simpkin. The police said
he told them he had escaped Thurs
day from the eastern State hospital
for thp insane at Williamsburg, Va.
Dr. Markoe, a wealthy vestryman
of the church, was a friend and per-i
sonal physician to J. Pierpont Mor-I
ean. also a parishioner there.- He '
was 66 years old.
The church was crowded with par
ishioners, many of them representa
tives of the wealthiest families in
New York, when the shooting took
place. Dr.- Markoe was walking down
the left aisle taking up the collection
while the choir was singing an an
them. As he reached the twelfth pew
from the rear and leaned over to pass
the plate. Shelley, who was seated
next to the aisle, whipped out a re-1
volver and fired at th physician. The1
bullet struck him over the left eye
and he collapsed in the aisle.
The murderer said that "The
preacher in his sermon at the church
told them to be good to strangers but
no one spoke to me and I resented it.".
He said he never gaw the man he.
shot before.
RUN DOWN AND KILLED.
Two White Men Victims of Reckless
Ncgro Driver.
New Bern Dispatch. April 18: Paul
Taylor, of Pollocksville, was killed,
Sam Wilkerson, one of the employes
of a local shipbuilding plant, was fa
tally injured, and Frank Johnson was
painfully injured when a big Cadillac
touring car. driven by Harvey Gas
kins, colored, and owned by the Marks
family, fan down the white men on
Pembroke road two miles from the
city this afternoon. Wilkerson's
skull was fractured. He was renioved
to a hospital where he expired tonight
shortly before 10 o'clock.
There were nine negroes in the car
and the driver is said to have been
eivirg the machine all the gas possi
ble and traveling at a speed of 40
miles or more an hour. After striking
the three white men the machine
crashed down an embankment and
turned turtle and was almost com
pletely demolished, hut none of the(
occupants were killed, though several j
were injured. j
The driver was badly lacerated by
flying glass, but , made his escape be
fore the police arrived on the scene
and is still at large. Four of the oc-l
cupants of the machine arp in jail
here and the officers are scouring the
territory for the other men.
Taylor was a son of Frank Taylor,
of Pollocksville, and a brother of Mrs.
E. T. Bender, of Raleigh. He was
about 30 years of age. Wilkerson
was about 45 years old.
SOLUTION IS SELF-DENIAL.
Governor Bickett Sees Harm in Over
alls Club Movement.
"Most emphatically I do not intend
to become a member of any overall
club," declared Governor T. W. Bick-i
ett, when asked if he would become
a member of the overall organization
that is being formed by federal and
railroad employes at Raleigh states
a dispatch of the 16th from that city.
"There is no good in it, and there
is 'positive harm. If will run the price
of overalls up to a figure that cannot
be paid by those who of necessity
must wear them:"
The Governor continued:
"I would agreenot to pay more than
$5 for a hat. You can get a decent hat
for that sum. I would agree not t0 pay
more than $7.50 for a pair of shoes,
nor more than $3 for a shirt, $40 for
a suit of clothes, 50 cents for a pair
of sox and 20 cents for a collar."! think
that members of such a club ought
to agree not to buy an automobile
untilprices have dropped 25 per cent.
So long as people are willing to pay
any price for the things they want
and are not willing to practice self
denial all talk about cutting down the
high cost of living is gabble."
PROTEST AGAINST H. C. L.
Woman's Club of St Pauls
Resolutions Members
Selves to Economize.
Passes
Pledge
Correspondence of The Robesonian.
St. Pauls, April 16. At a meeting
of the Woman's Club of St. Pauls on
April 14., a motion was made by Mrs.
E. C. Murray, seconded by Mrs. L. L.
McGoogan, and passed almost unani
mously, to adopt the following resolu
tions: We,' the woman's club of St. Pauls,
put ourselves on record in a protest
against the prevailing high cost of
living; we pledge ourselves to buy
only absolutely' necessary articles of
clothing etc. and we endorse all meas
ures 'of economy tending to relieve
present intolefable conditions. .
Aside from this, a very interesting
demonstration was given by our
county .demonstration agent, Miss An
drews, which all enjoyed, especially
as we how feel, and sincerely hope,
mat in ma Andrews is on ner way to
recovery, from her recent accident.
RAILROAD STRIKE
SEEMS TO HAVE COLLAPSED
Railroad Officials Report Bulk of Men
Had Returned to Work.
The nation-wide railroad strike ap
parently has collapsd, states a press
summary in this morning's paper.
Except in a few isolated sections,
TnilrrtJll rvfflila ronniOil loel niorhtU
the bulk of the men who followed
the leadership of John Grunau, a
Chirairn trainman had ntnrniul tfti
work ' i
tually restored, they said, while sub-
stantial progress had been made in
movirfg the vast amount of frieght
that has hfen niimnlntinir thmn-hJ
out the country especially in the
east, during the past three weeks.
Many -of the strikers
went
out
and later announced that failure to'. tration hv Marion Butler here Thurs
rATPivi. inofpa.pa 5n ratoH day. He declared, however, that he
to other railroad men promote J their,1?8 makin? the race for Goversor on
L L. C a .a .. !.?. .. J
action The strikers who a"ted in1" aiaie uemocraiic piaiiorm anu
defiance of the railroad brotherhood, the principle of Democracy. "I will
chiefs, have generally returned with-'
out any definite promises of mere!
pay ,
Tn mnnv ra3H hn.ovor tV.w nairJ
been assured their demands will
presented to President Wilson's labor
board, which is emn-Jwered under the
r, ..,,! tv,;, A4.. .;ii KiXirolina to search my life and char-
Federal transportation act to .ettle!
reutrai iransyur.ui.rjn aci 10 .eiue'
i;.n.if. Mn ,;i.,i. nt
tneir men. The board is now jttmg
in Washington.
In Chicaco the oric-inal strike cen-'
ter, railroad officials
t i
ntrilfA hnH Inof if iffont-ii'imoe. wlnila
brotherhood chiefs declared 'action.:
would be taken today towards revok-'
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ine the charters of locaU whose rr cm-
i locals wnose mern-j
bers refused to return to work by
midnight Saturday.
TELLS OF SPLENDID WORK.
District U. D. C. Leader Makes In
teresting Address Before Local
Chapter.
Reported for The Robesonian.
Mrs. J. H. Anderson of Fayette
ville, director of district No. 11, U. (D.
C, addressed the Robeson chapter
and friends Friday evening in the
municipal building. The hall was
beautifully decorated with cut flow
ers, red and white the division colors.
Mrs. L. T. Townsend, president of
Robeson chapter, introduced Mrs. An
derson. Mrs. Anderson made a very inter
esting and inspirational address, tell
ing of the splendid work accomplish-1
ed by the North Carolina division, U.
D. C, also of the district work. j
The North Carolina division having;
101 adult chapters, sixty children
chapters. There are more than 5,000
members in North Carolina and 800 ,
or more j. ot u.
The North Carolina division sup-' f0P hospitals, homes for thft fallen been departing from the law, accord-1 home two weeks ago and Saturday
ports 35 scholarships, district No. H!and in promoting health work among I ing to the constitution, which says was run down by Mr. Long's pack of
one scholarship at Flora Macdonald, the people. In telling of the great; an personal property shall be listed! hounds. The chase lasted an hour
Red Springs. These scholarships are; being done by the State Board: at its true value in money. This de- and a half. The fox was "jumped" by
given to descendents of veterans of; of Health among the school children,) parture from the law by machinery the dogs about a mile and a half from
the war between the States. , j the speaker said it was his ideal to'acts has brought about a condition of Mr. Long's home. ,
North Carolina division also main- see the humblest child in North Car-1 inequality in communities, counties Dr. H. M. Baker will go this eve
tains a room at Sanitarium for the, 0jna "have a chance to be what God,and in the State. Something had to' ning to Charlotte, where tomorrow
benefit of those who are not able to:put jnto it. y
pay ior cne ireaimenx.
Mrs. Anderson also spoke of the;
wonderful work for the old ladies ;
home at Fayetteville and the soldiers,
home at Raleigh. She 'stated that
Kobeson chapter was one of the
strongest in the district and that the
standard of excellency was the very
best. !
ne motio oi tne ooutnern division
is "'lo L,ive. To Think. To Do. lo
Dare. To Pray." ;
Mrs. Anderson was the guest of
ivirs. Li. i. iown,sena ana Mrs. Hj. Lj. Union.
Holloway while in town. I The .speaker made a strong plea
for an adequate school system, de-Anti-Malaria
Campaign Reached 300,- daring that there is no slavery but
000 Persons.
It is estimated that 300,000 persons,! set n J- n"e mat onice to prevent tne numoies.
children and adults, whit and color-! people living m North Carolina who citizen from suffering the least n
ed, were reached by the anti-malaria' "ever hadu a ch,anc.e; TCant justice m the working out of this law.
eHiirnt.imnl mn.in. -chink ho Wn I them a chance? If I can serve my( He said that corporate property was
waged by the North Carolina Land-!
owners' association and which came
to an end yesterday. '
School teachers to the number of
2,700 and 65 city and county su
aim oil city, aim cuumy su- , . . ... a
p4rintendents have taken the mostland aainst S1 the Power a11 to
active interest in the essay contest I one man . , . , . ft,
and the dissemination generally of I ffIn 8Plte JJLfVjSS
anti-malaria instruction. attractions m town ifbd"J
The campaign was carried into rPre?enmr &
thirty-six counties, and in every one K&AE?. JSfrJ&
according uo reports, we Keenest in-
terest was shown by school children
and by adults as well. WQmington
Star.
Appointments for Community er-'
Appointments for Community 8erJlJZ
vice forweek beginning April 19th:
AnUnfin9lhaPel W)
Apn"I, m.. ,. :i
riiuaueipnus xuesuay nigni., APru
20th.
Oakdale Wednesday night, April
21st.
Long Branch Thursday night,
April 22nd.
Centenary Friday night, April 23rd.
Tabernacle Saturday night, April
24th.
M. N. FOLGER,
Director Community Service Robeson
County.
Sonora Troops Capture Sinaloa Cap
ital. Nogales, Ariz., dispatch, April 17:
Gen. Angel Flores. with 6,000 Sonora
troops, capturd Culiacan, capital of
the adjoining state of Sinaloa, this
morning, according to official an
nouncement from ySonjofr military
headquarters at Hermosillo. .
T
GARDNER SPEAKS HERE.
tt"rdtdlair Governor Lauds Record
of Democratic Partv and ReDlies to
' Butler's Charges Favors Pardon
; ing Board, Hard-Surface Roads and
" Adequate School System.
."If any have come here expecting to
hear n c deride either of my oppo
nents ; ( v M'ill awav disaDDoint-
fed, d" lared Lieut. Governor O. Max
;,Gar?n '" om' of the three Democratic
'eand
idhlal.-s for Governor, in an ad -
ss in the court housP here Friday
press
t evening. Continuing, Mr. Gardner ,
laid t at if he could" only become;
-Governor by tearing down another he
ouU. ,,evt'r be Governor of North
,WV , , , ,. .
Mr- Gardner diverted his attention
'arge'y from ms own candidacy and
answered in a masterly .manner the
Charges brought against Woodrow
Wilson and the Democratic adminis
?ak no Promises. If I cannot take
governor s seat wun umiea nanaa
And a free man. then I will not take
K" I invite the Voters of North
iacter and se if I am fit to fill the
office.
.In beginning his 'review of the
i r " , , ,
things accomplished by the Wilson
4mmstrat'on' ne speaker said:
Lthere had never been a time when it
mnt so much to be a Democrat as
.iTiow.
We are enjoying a prosperity !
is universal and general. It W
Xnat
reat t'me to Deno'd the record of,
Partv- Under Republican rule wo
enjyea an unjomtea prosperity, iwo
7, " ,
- peopie ownea ana con-;
trolled 60 per cent, of the wealth of!
the country. Under the Wilson ad-
hiinistration this prosperity has been
passed around until you and I and all
, the people get some of it. I offer
this as a challenge to Marion Butler
and his crowd. Where did this pros
perity come from?" The ground-log
of H lies in the Federal reserve sys
tem, given us by Woodrow Wilson.
The Democratic administration in
seven years has passed more legisla
tion favoring the masses than the Ke
publicans passed from Lincoln to Taft.
;Butler would class Wdlson as a
dangerous man. He is a dangerous
man. If you don't believe it ask
Chas. Evans Hughes. Mr. Gainer,
recalled the Roosevelt panic of 1907
and declared that no man could wish
J tor retarn to those days. This marks
inf.hmfv f the Renublicans to
handle the affairs of the nation. One
snould be proud to be a Democrat.
speaker declared himself to be
jn favor 0f a system of hard-surface
roada jn oNrth Carolina It is true
that the State administration is
snpndiner monev. but it is beine spent
I am oledeed to stand by the -re-,
valuation act until it has been given;
a fa;r trial. It is not perfect. If
there is an injustice brought about
it will be corrected The law was
passed to correct an injustice and I
not to create one. Marion Butler and
his squad would condemn it without ,
a trial. The law was nqt passed to;
raise more tax money, but to regu-i
iate. The result of the law will be
that North Carolina will have thejfied that the tax rate would be divid-i
lowest tax rate of any State in thai ed by 6 or 8 and that the man whose1
ignorance. Bolshevism is ignorance i
i rrM l J
State in the iway of lifting up human-
itv. it will be a great joy to me,
A7V i ae1rl tirr ha ctnnd flTl TlflT
doning, Mr. Gardner declared that he
was in favor of a pardoning board
, 1rlK iri p-v....
n! . T6!? clTab sK.
Gardner's camoaien manager in
Robeson, introduced him.
IN - W T 1 I 1 1 ln.n.'.l.
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ilXV ' '
MrltS Messed the people
of Rowland. Fairmont and Red
er:n o.tn1w
White Pond School Finals.
Corrapeadraec of Hie Kobeednlan.
White Pond (Fairmont, R. 1), Apr3
16. Tlu Write Pond public school
closed Wednesday with a concert by
the school Wednesday night. The
teachers were Mr. and Mrs. Joseph
Bullock and. Miss Mytt Laws on. The
term was one of the most successful
in the history of the school.
Mr. Prank B. Kelly and small
daughter, Daisy, of Wilmington ar-
nvect Saturday evjenmg ana are
guests at the home of Miss Josephine
Breece. Fifth street.
Messrs. J. E." Nye. N. F. Barden
and Henry Leireett of R. 2. Fairmont
are among th visitors in town today.J
1 HON. R. N. PAGE SPEAKS HERE.'
Has Clejr-Cut Bwin Program the'
i morning of nicn Holds the Ab-
M)rbed Attention of His Audience
Thinks Taxpayer Should Know!
Whether or Not Hi Money Is'
Being Spent to Best Advantage
No One Shall Suffer Injustice Be-
cause of Revaluation Act if He is:
Elected Governor, H Declare.
'My greatest inducement to become;4"" lile ooydworth.
; a candidate for Governor came from!" Mr. Max Schwartz has opened a
within and not from without," de-' junk and hide shop in the old Beas-
clared Hon. Robt. N. Page, one of
the three Democratic candidates for!
Governor, in an address at the court
. house here Saturday. Mr. Page said
" lul e te
was not for mere gratification.
"I am taking the people into con
fidence and not hiding anything from!c I ra'nea fa,n rnaa
them' Mr. Page continued. The ; bom"boy with a good
people; should know for what a can-
didate stands. I am making the race!
with no prejudice against any of my;
opponents running on my merits and
i 1 t " i I 1 -i
no. on ineir aements. i Deneve tnai
therft is an opportunity for service by
a man tramea in Dusiness.
If I am elected Governor my first
recommendation to, the General As
sembly will be to, select a body of
the best men to be found to
make a complete State governmental1
survey. I have no charge to make'
aerainst the State administration. I
am ready to defend it. The question
is, are the State affairs administer-!
ed in as business-like manner as they!
could be. The administration has
not
adv
been extravagant.
The State has!
advanced industrially,
government advanced
Any government sh(
p mrnnnmipallv rwri
but has the
government advanced accordingly?
Any government should be conduct
" . : . J, c "
ea economically Decause tne govern-1
ment is ior an tne people. jvery
dollar of State money comes from
the pockets of the people. It is a
trust fund and should be administer-
ed in the interest of all the people
Taxes is a necessary burden. Are
the people compensated for the expen
diture 7
Mr. Page advocates a more ade-
quate school system and more pay
for teachers. There is great need
for enlarged facilities for training
teachers. Then the teachers must be
paid the same wage that they could
make in some other occupation. Wei
cannot expect teachers to teach for
from 50 to 75 per cent, of the salary
'they could command for some other
work,
- "If elected governor I shall do all
in my power to strengthen the health
department. This is a matter of su-
preme importance. The draft showed'
that one-third of the young men of j wher he visited the automotive show,
the State wer,, incapacitated for ser-i with which he was very much impress
vice. There is no power on earth' cd. He says he never in his life bofore
except government that can protect; saw such a magnificent show of au
and conserve health.' ' - j tomobdes of all kinds.
Mr. Page says the revaluation lawj A tame fox belonging to Mr. J.
is nnthinu' new. The State has onivi
be done. The law has discovered,
enoue-h lands that had heretofore
been unlisted to make two of the largi
est counties in the State. Trier,, is
no danger of having to pay more
taxes as a result of the revaluation
Jaw. Under the old law the great
bulk of the personal property was
not upon the tax books. There was a
good reason for it. The revaluation
iaw will not hurt any honest man.
Mr Pac said that he was satis-
property had not been on the tax
books at less than a sixth of its value i
would not pay more taxes; and he ;
declared that if he were elected Oov-I
ernor he would exhaust the power of
.1 . . i i i J.
affected in the same way as real es
tate and was being placed on the
books at its real-value whereas form
erly it had been on the books at a
small per cent of its value.
The speaker came out strong in
favor of good roads, but is inclined
to think more of working the roads
in the remote parts of the country
than of making hard-surface highways
leading from county seat to county
seat. In all of his travels he had
found no farm house vacant or farm
deserted upon a good road. He is so
strong for good roads that he is ready
to help pay for them. The road prob
lem should be put foremost.
Mr. Page is against class legisla
tion and declared that he was not a
socialist, as had been charged. He
harbors no socialistic idea. He is in
favor ot deporting every alien that
would lift .the red flag against the
government and placing in thA peni
tentiary every. native who would ut
ter a word against the stars and
stripes.
The speaker denied the charge
which had been made that he deserted
the administration in a time of stress.
He did not resign as a member of
Congress, in which he served 14 years,
but declined to enter the race for re
nomination for personal reasons.
While in Congress he voted in every
instance with the Wilson adminis
tration, both . in efforts to keep out
of the war and in preparing for it
after it was declared.
Mr. K. M. Barnes of Lumberton
presided and the speaker was intro
duced by State Senator H. E. Stacy,
who referred to Mr. Page as the peer
of any man in Norh Carolina as aj
BRIEF ITEMS LOCAL NEW!
-Regular meeting of the Eastern
St.rT,j..ci ;- .u
hall.
D , . ,...
,nH eJ?,"1 nK St". A&?n
TN?' 114 Tue3(iav evening. Work
in 3rd degree-
License has been issued for the
marriage of Silas Tillman Maynard
ley building at foot of Pine street.
.-, w v j o jn
of Gaddy township were I.umbertoe
visitors Saturday. Mr. W. V. Branch
is considering "coming out for the
Legislature.
It rained again Friday, as usual.
memory for
wca.u,er rea"s ?na.1 r,lav l a"
wee" wa.9 ."fn Tiaay in suc-
cession that rain has fallen.
The store of Len Peppers, color
ed, in Newtown, near. Lumberton, wa
robbed yesterday. Entrance was mad
through a window and the major part
of the stock was stolen, it is said.
It is expected that the Trinity
college gle club will give a concert
m the high school auditorium on the
evening of April 30. This is said to
be the best glee club the college has
had.
i Leila Arnette and O&car H.Sinle-
tary, a colored couple, were married
in the office of Register of Deeds M.
W. Floyd Thursday afternoon at 6
o'clock. Justice F. Grover Britt off-
lciated.
A campaign against the mosquito
was planned at a meeting of the may-
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or ana town aiaermen xnursaay aner-
; noon, un win De spnnKiea in an places
in town where mosquitoes are liabU
to bread.
The Lumberton overall club will
meet in the court housp at 7:30 thin
evening. Plans for the working of
the club will be made at the meeting
this evening. Thp club numbers mor
than 300 members.
AH soldiers who were in the ar-
my at the time for listing taxes for
1019 will be allowed to vote in tha
November election without patting
1919 poll tax, according to Attorney
General J. S. Manning
A. U. S. navy recruiting party
arrived here today and will be at tha
Lumberton postoffice until Thursday
of this week. Those wishing to en
list or make inquiries about the navy
should see the men in navy uniform.
Mr, J. P. Townend returned
Thursday evening from Raleigh.
W. Lone of West Lumberton left
he will read a paper treating upon
the regulation of diet before the
State medical meeting. Several Lam
berton physicians are expecting to
attend the meeting which opens to-
morrow and closes Wednesday.
THE RECORD OF DEATHS.
Oliver Stephens, Near Mt. Elim.
Mr. Oliver Stephens, aged about za
years, aiea rnaay morning .ai mm
home near Mt. Elim. Deceased had
been ln " health for several months
and his death was not unexpected,
The funeral was conducted at the
g ve Saturday at 11 a. m. by Rer.
r- vvuu,
church, of which deceased was a mem
ber.
Mrs. Margaret King, aged 80 years,
died Thursday at her home in Bladen
county.
Church Notes.
The T. E. L. class of the First Bap
tist Sunday school will meet Tues
day evening at 8 with Mrs., Alf. H.
McLeod.
A series of meetings will begin at
Chestnut Street Methodist church the
first Sunday in May. The pastor.
Rev. Dr. R. C. Beaman, will be assist
ed iy Rev. H. M. North, presiding
elder of the Rockingham district.
A revival meeting will begin at Long
Branch church next Sunday night,
April 25th, at 7:45. The pastor, Rev.
I. P. Hedgpeth, will be assisted by
Rev. A. E. Paul of Davis, this State.
The public is invited to attend these
services.
business man.
A crowd the size of which must
have been exceedingly gratifying te
Mr. Page heard him with close at
tention and the clear-cut business pro
gram he so forec fully presented made
a profound impression upon his hear
ers. In conclusion he said that the
"ground-swell is on" and that he bed
no doubt about his nomination and
election.
Mr. Page spoke at Maxton Friday
night. He is traveling by automobile
and he and Mrs. Page, who is with
him, remained over in Lumbertoa
guests at the Lorraine hotel, until
this morning, when they left for E1k
zabethtown, where Mr. Page was
scheduled-to speak today.
DR. WILLIAM W. PASSES
EYE SPECIALIST
Office: National Bank ef
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